BRICK ISSUE GUIDANCE :
WEATHERED STAINING ON BRICKWORK
SYMPTONS, PREVENTION, CURE.
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As brickwork ages it will be affected by airborne solution, forming of general dirt, grime and soot.
This is particularly prevalent in more urban locations. You can also expect old and aged inner city brickwork to be more weathered as it has lived through previous decades of higher solution from inner city traffic, factories, and so on. The type of brick used will also affect how a brick holds up against the affects of inner city weathering. |
A softer, lighter, coloured brick will tend to age much more than a harder darker coloured brick.
This can be seen with the large weathered affects that are seen with typical London yellow stock bricks that were used extensively across London as against the somewhat more robust and harder red accrington engineering bricks seen in many northern UK inner cities. |